Dallas merit pay plan mocks merit in schools
The Dallas school board approved a one year trial of merit pay based on student scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. The piece argues the system pressures teachers and harms slow students while noting broad support for merit pay and competency testing, and calls for a more humane, comprehensive approach to rewarding teaching excellence.
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England
Dallas
Iowa
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Gallup
Congress weighs timing of feed grain and wheat program announcements
Lawmakers debate whether deadlines for announcing next two years of feed grain programs should move up to Sept 30 and whether the 1985 wheat program should be announced by July 1 1984. Reagan notes deadlines are flexible statutory targets and not critical to farm viability.
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Congress
Agriculture Secretary
House
U.S
War powers stonewalled by the Reagan White House
Boston editorials argue Reagan has offered no legal defense for Lebanon force deployment and fails to comply with the 1973 War Powers Resolution. The piece notes Congress may limit presidential action after 90 days and cites the Lebanon Emergency Assistance Act as admitting a congressional role. It likens the stalemate to Nixon era stonewalling.
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Boston
Congress
White House
Reagan
Lebanon
Nixon
United States
Supreme Court
U.S
Roger Jepsen
Iowa
Jepsen
Richard Nixon
Activism reshapes politics as 1984 brinkmanship nears
In a wide interview, Lewis Lehrman and Robert Brandon outline a rising grassroots push to support or oppose Reagan era policies. Their groups mobilize door to door campaigns, rallies in about 60 cities, and efforts to curb decontrol of natural gas prices, signaling a shift from apathy to structured political action.
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Lewis E. Lehrman
Citizens For America
Robert M. Brandon
Citizen-Labor Energy Coalition
Lew Lehrman
Bob Brandon
Brandon
Coalition of Labor
Lehrman
Washington
Reagan
Paraquat controversy in marijuana spraying debate
Readers clash over paraquat use on marijuana crops with warnings, government findings, and Time magazine notes. Critics call for stopping a policy that risks thousands of smokers while supporters cite supposed lack of harm and enforcement aims.
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National Center For Disease Control
National Academy of Science
Time Magazine
U.S
Mexico
Grateful Candidate Thanks Supporters After Campaign
A school board candidate expresses sincere gratitude to friends neighbors and volunteers who contributed time and talents to the campaign. The message highlights appreciation for support from both familiar faces and many who were scarcely known.
Evolution debate on creationism and meteorites in The Gazette
The Gazette editorial argues that a meteorite showing organic chemical material does not falsify creationism nor prove evolution. The piece critiques Pasteur's disproof of spontaneous generation and asserts God’s design underpins matter and life, claiming both models could predict such meteorites.
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The
Gazette
Heavens
Earth
Louis Pasteur
Verbs and Agreement in Four Example Sentences
A criticism of verb agreement is shown with four examples. Minor errors include subject verb mismatch with singular and plural subjects and nonstandard tense forms, along with correct usage notes and a final remark about reading carefully.
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Tom Harkin
Agriculture Department
U.S. Navy
Anthony Lewis
Kenneth Dam
Sen
Charles Percy
NOK
New York
Milwaukee
Robert Kasten
R-Wis
Adlair Stevenson
the Gazette
Isaac Newton
Tae
Agatha Crumm
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